MM-Blood-sugar-diet-Part4

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Shiny new thread for the BSD'ers. Best thing you can do is first read the MM bsd book do you get a full grasp of what the rules are but in a nutshell:
800 calories a day
No bread/pasta/potatoes/rice
No processed food, no alcohol
As close to no sugar you can get
Full fat, no low fat
Protein to keep you full
2-3 litres of water a day
10,000 steps a day (work your way up)
HIIT if you can 2-3 times a week

Plate sorry you feel unwell. How about coconut pancakes? Yummy with some frozen berries

'Luckily' after Saturday's excesses, I wasn't up for eating much yesterday (apart from quite a lot of coffee and a brownie), so don't feel as if I've done too much damage. Daughter's 2nd birthday though, so it was worth the calories, was a brilliant afternoon.

Back on it today - did a 25 minute HIIT session at the gym this morning at 6.30 too, having not done any exercise since I started the BSD. Feels good to be back doing something.

That's a great first week loss lndn .
I'm feeling a bit better now anyway, but thanks for the suggestions lndn and H313. I suppose I can still have porridge, just not too huge a bucket full. I did Google low carb rice pudding and found some recipes using cauliflower rice! Not sure about that...
Coconut pancakes sound nice - is that using the waffle recipe in the book?

The coconut waffles are nice, but coconut flour is an odd texture and tastes coconutty. I loosely followed the recipe but found it needed modified to get a good pancake.
With regards to the carbs, in theory you can have whatever you want for your total , so if linseed bread is your desire then its OK, just count the cals/carbs. I avoid bread because I can't stop at one slice, but if you can manage to resist then it is OK within your menu.

Had a really good few days here and happily saw the scales move down. I was 73.5kg after holidays ( lost a kg during hols ). But had a really heavy carb day at the very end of Aug so weight went to 74.5 on the first of September! !!! But I suppose it was mostly water or something else and I am using the 73.5kg as my starting weight. ( confusing I know ). I am now 71.4kg (loss of 2.1kg or 4lb10oz in old money ).
Really happy and really starving. The no snacking is the hardest for me but really works! !!
as it is my second round doing 8 weeks this time it is shakes in the morning and hopefully food on the other meals (but not easy as small ds is using that time to do the naughtiest things!).
Idiot that I am I banned tv apart from a film every few days. No distractions at hand
keep it will be easier with the kids at school. You will see...
bear hmmmm coconut. ... yummy! For me it matter where the carbs comes from. Milk or dairy makes me crave almost as much as sugar. I also can't stop at one slice. But still baking for the household abd the smell is a killer!
pfrench wow at the exercise. I haven't moved!
Lndn well done, well done!

notso well done on losing nearly 5lb that's brilliant!
No scale moving here but a few NSV - I can wear a jacket under my new size 12 coat! I started BSD at a size 16 so I am very happy with this change.

Hi everyone- so 3lbs loss my first week on BSD! I am delighted! Back to school and work though so will have to keep at it in the new routine. I've got my food plan for the week- just need to stay well clear of the kids snack cupboard, which used to be my downfall when I got in ravenous at 6.30pm. The positive is that I have not been eating in such a 'picky' / mindless way this last week, so hopefully it will be another good week.

Wow everyone well done on all the scale victories, and place that it brilliant about dropping so many sizes DS starts secondary today, 2 dds off until tomorrow so we are going out for lunch, proper restart tomorrow!

Jesus I can't move today. So unfit.

french - swimming if you can, helps stretch out those stiff muscles, I have arthritis in my feet so my idea of a workout these days is a fast walk, and to be honest if I do that 5 days a week it certianly helps the diet, seems to activate my metabolism & is no hardship in this sunshine. Was watching MM on a recording of a summer AMIAD programme last night & walking does produce good results, enough of a pace to get warm....!

Help. Just ate a fairy cake made by DD! It was bloody delicious. No icing but lovely spongey cake of deliciousness.

4 weeks 10lbs and undone by a tiny little cake.

Hope not!

Oh no! Keepon that is a shame but maybe you need a break. What about following the type of food reccomended by MM for a week but with no calorie counting or weighing and just trying not to snack, so ideally 3 meals a day? Then decide about calories etc after that week?

Rose just one small slip in 10 days, dont worry just get back on it!

Hope the soreness is easing up French.

Not doing so well here. Just can't get back into it. No interest in food though, so probably eating less.
Not helped by Monday night, group of mums getting together with children, for chicken burgers, chips and many bottles of red!!! oops.

Will really try and get back on it.

Rose one slip won't ruin your 4 weeks. As long as you see it as a blip then it will be fine.
Keep have a break if it isn't working for you. I believe certain plans work better for certain people. I don't know if it's because of lifestyle or age or metabolism but I got absolutely nowhere with 5:2 and have managed to lose with BSD. We're all different and if it doesn't work then don't beat yourself up over it. Good luck with mfp
I've been keeping to calories here but my carbs have been over. Admittedly I actually drove to the shops the other night because I needed some milk chocolate. And it is so wet and miserable here that, for the first time. I actually considered ordering pizza to the office for lunch. . . I will try to resist.

Keep I'm the same at the moment, I have the greatest intentions and then the 4pm slump gets me, and what's worse is I end up eating absolute rubbish that I don't even enjoy rather than a few extra calories of something Worth having. I think because I know I'm never going to do 800 then I just think 'sod it' and have a million calories.
Doesn't help that I've had 3 social events this week and a lunch out tomorrow as well, then the weekend. So it looks like its Monday again for me.....

I don't always stay in the 800 cals, but I try to keep my carbs down. I know that long term, this will lose me weight. I don't want to have to calorie count forever, so hoping that I'll be able to start recognising what this amount of food looks like. I'm also always going to eat more at weekends - for you who don't go to work, my hat's off to you. My part time day is dangerous!!

Keep- I did the 1200 MFP last year and had great results- then went off it and it all went wrong. I think you are doing the right thing- better to have a break from BSD and do something else healthy than just fall into old habits. I think you'll find that you still use loads of what you've learnt about eating when on MFP, but the extra calories will just mentally feel a bit better- a bit of a buffer.
Fon't be discouraged though- you are listening to your body and your mind, and doing what you need to keep on a healthy oath- well done! X

Hi all, the weekend has hit me again! We had a Chinese last night and today I've had a white roll and some cheddars! I cannot get my head back on it at the moment, plus it's nearly totm too so I'm craving carbs. I'm going to try again for another good week at 800-1000 but I need to keep the carbs in check and stop snacking- some days I just eat all the time! I'm feeling it now, really bloated and miserable but I just can't stop myself.
I need to do a meal plan, 7 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 7 dinners so if any of you would like to inspire me with suggestions then go right ahead.....!

What's your budget? I've decided that this is an investment in my future, so have been getting my lunches in advance from Marks and Spencer.

For breakfast I have a one egg omlette with grated cheddar, half a slice of ham in bits, teaspoon of sweetcorn or few bits of spinach. I have it with a salad of cucumber, tomato and avocado. Every day, takes less than 5 min to make, plenty of protein, I eat it at 7.30 and am not hungry until 12.

For lunch I have a whole packet of 'just add' meat or fish (around 120 cals - 150 cals), plus one of the no-carb or v-low-carb salads that are around 50 cals for a whole pack. Examples: hickory smoked chicken with the pepper and butternut salad, or coconut chicken fillets with sugar snap and apple salad. Guarantees the calorie count, tastes yum, no effort, eat both whole packs so no need to 'resist' leftovers, don't take anything else to work for eat.

Evenings I just have a piece of meat or fish with veg. This can be either as a stew/mince type thing with the veg included (a chilli for example), or a roasted/grilled lump. If I fancy a carby type thing I do creamed/mashed cauliflower or celeriac with the lump of meat, or roast some butternut squash. You have to watch your other carbs that day, but it's worth it to have that 'mashed potato' feeling. Sometimes I have one of the bean or lentil based recipes from the book, which means I can eat with boyf. I've had wine a couple of times a week, and have one square of 85% dark chocolate with a ginger tea as my 'pudding' every night.

The M&S stuff is expensive, but i've done it since the beginning of BSD, it's working for me, and now I'm back at work (teacher), it's definitely makes my life easier.

Budget not really an issue, obviously not caviar every night! It's more variety, family suitability and can I be arsed to make a low carb tea when I've stood in the larder cupboard and eaten 6 custard creams.....the snacks are what kills me!
Looking back through my old journals from the first few weeks I particularly enjoyed flat mushrooms with sundried toms and cheese, so I'll plan those a few days for breakfasts. Also I pre boiled some eggs for snacks. I do also like omelette and salad for lunch, plus some of the salads in the books like the asparagus and chicken, and the grilled halloumi were also really nice. Dinners: I do like meat/salad combo but it's very expensive for 5! I love the stuffed feta couscous peppers from tesco with lamb steaks, and I'm doing another pulled pork tomorrow as it went down a storm in mini taco shells with the dc. I might make soup if it turns chilly out, there's s bacon and butter bean one in the book which sounds nice.
Whenever I do this I realise how boring my foods have been and pennies drop all over the place....I've been skipping breakfast to 'save' calories but it's counter productive really if I then eat loads later. Next week I'm really going to try hard oh if I had a pound for every time I've said that!.
Someone up thread mentioned that if they eat dairy they get strong carb cravings, this hasn't occurred to me before now, but I do start every day with a milky coffee so I might try to cut that back as well. I think it's routine for me, the summer hols has thrown me. Now the older 2 are out at school and I get my steps in on the school run, I need to try and keep out of the kitchen. I think being at home with a very naughty baby who doesn't sleep all day is part of the problem and my social life revolves around coffee and cake.
Excuse the long post! One more thing; my motto for this week is 'if you kinda do it, it kinda works. If you really do it, it really works!' - I know this, I just need to bloody well do it!!

Oh, should also add that if I want something sweet (which has only happened a few times), it's usually around the 3/4pm mark. I've had an easy peel satsuma for 20 cals.

My craving for sweet stuff has definitely reduced. I tried the coconut flour waffles from the book this morning with raspberries and yoghurt - intersting experiment that I won't be repeating!